Antiqvae vrbis splendor :
hoc est præcipva eivsdem templa, amphitheatra, theatra, circi, navmachiæ, arcvs trivmphales, mavsolea aliaqve svmptvosiora ædificia, pompæ item trivmphalis et colossæarvm imaginvm descriptio /
opera & industria Iacobi Lauri Romani in æs incisa atque in lucem edita ; addita est breuis quædam et succincta imaginum explicatio in qua regum consulum imperatorūq₅ res gestæ et rei romanæ origo progressus incrementum, ac finis cū almæ vrbis antiquor. ac modernor. uestigior. additione utcunq₅ hoc insequenti anno 1630 reperiūtur, et ex ueterū ac recentior. historiar. monumentis clare ostenditur.

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Main Author

Lauro, Giacomo, active 17th century.

Language(s)

Multiple languages ; Latin ; French ; German ; Italian

Published

Romæ : [s.n.], Anno S.H. MDCXII [1612 i.e. 1630]

Subjects

Architecture > Architecture / Italy > Architecture / Italy / Rome.
Rome (Italy) > Rome (Italy) / Antiquities.
Rome (Italy) > Rome (Italy) / History.
Rome (Italy) > Rome (Italy) / Description and travel.

Note

Includes "Tavola del libre di tutte le figure..." (1 leaf at end).
Part 2 has title: Antiquitatum urbis liber secundus, 1613 -- pt. 3: Antiquae urbis splendoris complementum, 1615 -- pt. 4: Antiquae urbis vestigia quae nunc extant, 1628.
Text in Latin engraved at bottom of plates; two plates in part 4 have text in Italian (162, 163). Most plate pages in pts. 1-3 have translations in Italian, German and French on versos.
Engraved title pages included in numbering of plates (nos. 1, 49, 85, 127).
Unnumbered folded leaf following t.p. a port. of Pope Urban VIII, "creatus 6. Augusti 1623" with engraved caption and privilege dated 1625.
Plates are numbered 1-166, with 2 additional unnumbered plates; most plate pages in pts. 1-3 have letterpress on versos, 5 additional pages of letterpress have blank versos, for a total 173 leaves.

Physical Description

4 v. in 1 : all ill. (engravings), maps, plans, ports. ; 22 x 31 cm.

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